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Former Apple Daily workers cried after watching their ex-boss, pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai, sentenced to 20 years in jail by a Hong Kong court

Shrivelling press freedoms

HK mogul's ex-workers 'broke down in tears' as they watched sentencing

The party of Thailand's PM Anutin Charnvirakul finished first in Sunday's election but short of an outright majority

Preparing for coalition talks

Thailand's Anutin rides wave of nationalism to election victory

Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear power station had been offline since Japan pulled the plug on atomic power after the 2011 Fukushima disaster

Minor technical glitch fixed

Japan restarts world's biggest nuclear plant again

Juan Pablo Guanipa (R), gestures next to Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado during a protest in Caracas on January 9, 2025

Demanding 'immediate release'

Venezuela's Machado says ally 'kidnapped' after his release

Protesters hold placards calling for the impeachment of Sara Duterte outside the House of Representatives in early February

Third impeachment case filed against Philippine VP Duterte

Seattle Seahawks' players celebrate with the Vince Lombardi Trophy after defeating the New England Patriots during Super Bowl LX at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on 8 February 2026.

Morning Roundup

Seattle Seahawks win Super Bowl, Jimmy Lai sentenced, and flights to Luxembourg diverted on Sunday

Sam Darnold threw a vital touchdown pass to A.J. Barner at the Super Bowl

Controversy over half-time show

Seahawks soar to Super Bowl win over Patriots

Brenton Tarrant, a white supremacist who shot and killed 51 people at two New Zealand mosques in 2019, has launched an appeal seeking to overturn his conviction

Harsh prison conditions

New Zealand's Christchurch mosque killer appeals conviction

Jimmy Lai rose from poverty, like many Hong Kong tycoons

Rags-to-riches tycoon

Jimmy Lai, the Hong Kong media 'troublemaker' in Beijing's crosshairs

Puerto Rican singer Bad Bunny performs during the Super Bowl halftime show

Subtle messaging through symbols

Bad Bunny celebrates Puerto Rico at Super Bowl, angering Trump

Indonesian nationals Surono (right), Rizal Harun (2nd right) and Wahyudin (left), with Angolan nationals Jose Viti (3rd left) and Pedro (2nd left), crew members of the tuna longliner fishing vessel Novo Ruivo

Migrant workers in limbo

'Want to go home': Indonesian crew abandoned off Africa demand wages

Sanae Takaichi has entrenched her leadership since becoming Japan's first woman prime minister but has shown little interested in framing it around gender

All according to plan

Japan PM Takaichi basks in historic election triumph

Campaign banners hang on a building's facade during an election rally of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party ahead of the country's general election. Authorities say the scale of online manipulation -- including sophisticated AI-generated images -- has become so severe that a special unit has been created to curb false content

Coordinated surge?

'Flood' of disinformation ahead of Bangladesh election

Seguro won by a comfortable margin over his far-right rival

Second round of voting

Centre-left candidate Seguro beats far-right to Portugal's presidency

US President Donald Trump (R) has said he hopes China's Xi Jinping will visit the United States in late 2026

Resetting ties?

Trump says China's Xi to visit US 'toward the end of the year'

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the government was ready to provide housing allowances to residents of buildings requiring evacuation

Lebanon building collapse toll rises to 9: civil defence

Japan's Riku Miura (front C) falls over in shock after seeing her career-high score in the Olympic pairs free skating team event with partner Ryuichi Kihara (front L)

Malinin enters the fray as Japan lead USA in Olympics team skating

Rachel McAdams and Dylan O'Brien star in the film 'Send Help'

'Excellent opening'

'Send Help' repeats as N.America box office champ

A US naval battle group led by the aircraft carrier USS Abrahem Lincoln is in waters near Iran. (Handout photograph)

Iran defies US threats to insist on right to enrich uranium

Police search Mandelson-linked properties in probe over allegations of misconduct in a public office

'Damaged trust in politics itself'

UK PM's top aide quits in scandal over Mandelson links to Epstein

The four-member Crew-12 set to blast off to the International Space Station are (L to R) NASA astronauts Jessica Meir and Jack Hathaway, European Space Agency astronaut Sophie Adenot, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev

Special keepsake

US astronaut to take her 3-year-old's cuddly rabbit into space

Police officers patrolled at Bondi Beach on Christmas Day as Australia's Prime Minister spoke of

Israeli president to honour Bondi Beach attack victims on Australia visit

The mandate of US President Donald Trump's "Board of Peace" has expanded, prompting concerns it could rival the United Nations

Romania, Argentina leaders invited to Trump 'Board of Peace' meeting

Sri Lanka's Kamindu Mendis plays a shot against Ireland

Kamindu heroics steer Sri Lanka past Ireland in T20 World Cup

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul rode to victory on a wave of nationalism amid heated border tensions with Cambodia

Man of the people

Thailand's pilot PM lands runaway election win

An Tirol ass et zum Tëschefall komm

Luxembourgish skier collides with bus after pushed off piste

Nepal's Lokesh Bam is crestfallen after failing to hit the six he needed off the final ball to give his side a famous win

England avoid seismic shock by beating Nepal in last-ball thriller

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi was on course for a thumping victory in snap elections

Takaichi on course for landslide win in Japan election

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